BBC Oneness - idents and presentation

What is wrong with the bloody globe?

Oneness is utterly Notting Hill patronising rubbish and proves that the people who run the BBC don't watch the BBC.

They don’t listen to there viewers

Because it doesn’t really work for a demestic general entertainment led channel. Particularly not today.

We TV Forum members have an interest in channel branding. However, if we're absolutely honest, most BBC One viewers couldn't care less about the idents. They serve a purpose which is to introduce the next programme. So it's not so much a case of "not listening to viewers", more a case of "it'll do for now". And let's face it, a person's decision whether or not to watch a channel is based on the programmes they show, not the idents they use.

Hear hear.

Same goes for Two and Four. Although the former is using a revered and timeless ident package that harks back to the 90s and Four using what is the longest lasting BBC ident package in the present day, I’m expecting them to keep it that way for now.

The state of BBC presentation isn’t too good at the moment, though it’ll change when they decide to revamp their three main channels - which will come to be a very radical change when it does happen. But it won’t be for some time, though.

The official line was it just isn't inclusive enough.

Though if you can't get more inclusive than the planet in which all 7.6 billion people live on then I don't know what is.

They had this before the globe.

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/corporate2/images/width/live/p0/2f/02/p02f02th.jpg/624

There was a trail for "All Together Now" earlier, and I thought I noticed a slightly different change of font on the endboard. Did anyone else spot this?

Nope. Same standard BBC One font as with all trails.

Thanks for the reply. My eyes must have seen what they wanted to see! It did look slightly different to me, but I guess your reply confirms that it was all in my imagination.

One thing I wondered about the Strictly final on Saturday: At the start they had a massive LED screen in front of the stage as part of the opening number, which you then saw being hoisted up at the end of the dance so you could see the orchestra during the 'Live, from the BBC'. bit where they introduce Tess and Claudia.

There would have been no opportunity to take the screen down during the show, so did they really leave it hanging in mid-air for two hours? I appreciate the chances of it collapsing to the ground are minimal, but even so I'd have thought suspending a massive screen above the ground for hours on end wouldn't be the best thing to do? Was the start perhaps pre-recorded?